Author: Janel

  • 36 Weeks Pregnant, Haircut, and Projects!

    I figured it was probably about time for an update! 馃檪 I am 36.5 weeks pregnant in the picture below which was taken yesterday! I’m feeling quite big and uncomfortable! I was late with my last baby and my first was induced just 2 days before his due…

  • 10 Tips for Saving Money with Back to School Shopping

    Getting supplies ready for going back to school could be expensive but Staples is trying to help by hosting a campaign with back to school tips for saving money while getting ready for back to school! Here’s my 10 tips! 1. Shop around for school supplies – Many…

  • Tour My Home: Boys SpaceBedroom

    The boys room is one of the first rooms we did (beyond the main living area) and it took us FOREVER! It was really fun though and we had a great time being creative and working on it. I did *MOST* of it as I was home to…

  • 6 Easy Ways to Predict a Baby’s Gender

    Is this baby a BOY or a GIRL? This idea came from Raising My 4 Sons when she was nearing her due date,聽here. It sounded like so much fun and so I wanted to play along and do some of the gender predictions for myself as well!!聽 There…

  • Some Family Pictures!

    So I had won a giveaway back in April as part of the Ultimate Blog Party. The prize was for a photo shoot and prints! I was so excited as the photographer didn’t live locally but said she’d be traveling through Arizona if the winner wanted to meet…

  • Revenge of the Toddler!!!

    So after church yesterday we came home and put a VERY tired–already fell asleep on the drive home–toddler down for a nap. He was very quite and finally came out of his room to which we find this lovely surprise — apparently he didn’t nap.. Yeah.. that’s all…

  • Hiking Day Trip to Sedona!

    So my husband a few Saturday’s ago got us all loaded up in the car and dragged us away from home without telling us where we were heading! Of course, knowing my husband, I was able to guess less than a minute away from home, “Are we going…

  • July Garden Update!

    I can’t believe it was a month ago I last posted about my garden! It was doing awesome until just about a week or two ago and then the heat started to get to it. Our pumpkins went from growing awesome to completely dead two days later! And…

  • Swimming Lessons Continued!

    We had our final swimming lesson class today. It was 2 weeks long 3 classes a week! I forgot my camera today but I have clips from Day 3-5!** PS ** The talking in the background is NOT me and pardon the screaming baby.. she doesn’t like the…

  • Swimming Lessons!

    I enrolled both my boys into Survival type swim lessons where they learn how to get to the edge of the pool and get out. The teacher is great! They are a christian family who does the swim lessons out of their home pool. Day 1 they were…

  • My Personal Experience with Adoption

    As I was writing up a review and giveaway for “Once Upon a Time: An Adoption Story” I had all these familiar feelings come rushing back and thought it might be nice to share my story of adoption! Please note this topic is very personal to me so…

  • Baby’s First Hair Cut!!

    So while in California I realized Tyler’s hair is WAY too long! Lol. It’s super thin and fine baby hair. All week it was sticking up in all directions so when we got home I decided it was finally time to cut his hair! He is 18 months…